Introduction and welcome by prof. Jo Vandesompele

2. 13:30 Welcome reception 14:00 Introduction 14:05 Investigating the human gut flora using metagenomics (prof. dr. JeroenRaes, VUB) 14:25 The post-genomic era: epigenetic sequencing applications and data integration (dr. ir.MatéOngenaert, CMGG - UGent) 14:45 Visualisationof large datasets (drs. Geert Trooskens, BIOBIX - UGent) 15:00 Race against the sequencing machine: processing of raw DNA sequence data at the Genomics Core (dr. Luc Dehaspe, Genomics Core - UZLeuven) 15:20 Coffee break 15:45 Integrative transcriptomicsto study non-coding RNA functions (dr. ir. Pieter Mestdagh, CMGG - UGent) 16:05 Large scale machine learning challenges for systems biology (dr. YvanSaeys, VIB - UGent) 16:25 Pathway analysis: example from the bench (drs.JolienVermeire, HIVlab, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology - UGent) 16:40 Proteomics and cross-omics integration (prof. dr. LennartMaertens (VIB - UGent) 17:00 Closure

4. UGent, UA, KUL, ULG, ULB, … ILVO, SCK, … (pediatric immunology, microbiology, medical genetics, computer sciences, physiology, dermatology, plant systems biology, …)

5. Applied Math, Bayer Bioscience, Evolved Analytics Europe, Genetwister, Janssens Pharmaceuticals, Roche, …130

7. mixed audience in terms of background

8. speakers

9. 2 PhD students, 4 postdocs, 2 professors

10. metagenomics, epigenetics, functional genomics, proteomics, systems biology

11. commercial tools vs. open source

12. bio-informatics

13. use informatics to solve biological problems

14. none of the speakers is a trained bio-informatician “don’t be afraid to start, just dig in”

16. mute mobile phones

17. interact – discuss – ask questions

18. thank you

19. JaspertAnckaert

20. Pieter Mestdagh

21. AnneleenDecock

22. MatéOngenaert